Record-cabinet.



LE GRAND SKINNER.

RECORD CABINET. I APPLICATION FILED SEPT-25, i917.

Patented Spt. 17, 1918.v

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LE GRAND SKINNER.

RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-25.1917.

1 ,279,4:64. Patented Sept. 17, 1918.

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RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.25.19|7.

Patented Sept. 17, 1918.

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. To all whom it may concern:

andparticularly to suclr cabinets for storing phonograph records, andhas for its object the construction of a cabinet with a series nnrrnns'ra rns rna nn'r onn oa.

LE GRAND SKINNEB, or Earn, PENNSYLVANIA RECORD-CABINET:

Be it known that I, LE a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie,in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in- Record-Cabinets; and I-do hereby declarethe following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had toftheaccompanying drawings, andto the.

letters of reference marked thereon, forming part of this speclfication.

My invention relates to filing cabinets of compartments, one above theother and provided with ejecting mechanlsm whereby a desired record canbe removed fromand replaced in the compartment in which it is stored.

tically movable ejecting mechanism provided with a series of numberscorresponding with the compartments, the numbers of which mechanism canbe readat the upper part of the cabinet, and means thereon for operat-'ingsaid mechanism from *the'upper part of I the cabinet. These and otherfeatures of this invention are hereinafter fully 'set forth andexplained, and illustrated in the accom panying drawings, in which: I

Figure l, is a front view in elevation,

- with the front doors left off,

Fig. 2, is a vertical section on the dotted lines m-w in Figs. land 3,looking in the direction of the arrows. g

Fig. 3, 1s a transverse section on the lines 1 y inFigs. f1 and 2looking in the direc tion of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a top or plan view, with the top of the cabinet removed.

Fig 5, is a sectionalidetail the line in Fig. 1, looking in .the'direction of the arrow v7 M these drawings have illustrated my inventionby; showing a phonograph record cabinet embodying. the invention. It isob f vious, however, that 131118 invention can be utilized with equalIfacility in filing. cablnets for other purposes In theseidrawings- A gindicat s tr ads walls, Al the .rearwal ls,an l B the top of an P ii tab net-- T bin eisp rl v vided preferably with two rows or stacks of I:GRAND SKINNER,

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented 1'7, 1918. Application filedSeptember 2551 5 17. Serial l\l'o.193,099. Y I

compartments C and Dto receive and sup port phonographic records c andd. These compartments are preferably made in short sections 03 and 0extending inward from each sidewall of the cabinet, and d and 1c?outwardly-from two inner vertical Walls, E and F.- These compartments Ihaveshown as inclined inwardly as illustrated in Fig. 1

compartment to the bottom compartment, as

illustrated in 'Fig. 1. These numbers may, however, be dispensed with ifdesired." Between the inner walls E and F, ,I= place a verticalshaft G.on which thereis mounted a vertically movable carrier traveling betweenvertical guides E' and E and F" andF se cured tothe inside of the frontand rear v edges of the inner walls E andF whereby To accomplish thlsresult I PIfOVldQfiVQflatera1 ,movement of the ends of the carrier isprevented. This carrier preferably c onsists of a; transverse sleeve Iwhich, by means of a vertical sleeve I thereon, slidesfreely up anddownon the shaft G .Mounted in the carrier there isa spur-pinionv Hthrough that therota'tion of' the-shaft G1 operates to move.therock-shaft J forward .and back ward in, the sleeve 1.. therear endof the rock-shaft :J .thereis an ejector arm K adaptediopassfinto therear of thecompartments G 1 1), and the front end of the .90 shaft Jprovided with circular teeth J f :en-.. I gaging .the teeth of thegear-pinion I-I, so

rock-shaftJais squared for some distance. I

and. adapted to slide through a square hole; inthe hub of a bifurcatedindicator arm v L, in front of the front edges of the com; partmentsC orD, and receive and support war ant edges. of records pushed forward: bythe: action of the ejector arm Kv against. the rear edges thereof. I Thehub L of thisarm L. rests'in a semi-circular recessxI in the frontendof. the sleeve I, and its movement is limited by its'contact with. theedges f/the'..recess' I which retains the ejector arm K, a d the arm L;in their proper p0,.

sitions relative to the compartments or D that they will perform theirfunctions in removing the records therefrom.

On the upper end of the shaft G there is a lever Or (see Figs. 2 and 4t)which, when moved in the direction of the arrow (Fig. 4t) operatesotorotate the shaft. G and move the ejector arm K into the rear of thecompartment which it is at the time opposite, and force the recordtherein forward into the bifurcated arm L, and on the lever G beingreleased, a spring 9 operating on an arm 9 secured to the lower end ofthe shaft Gr operat'es to rotate the shaft G in the opposite directionuntil the lever G is returned toi'ts normal position against the stop 9thisaction operating to withdraw the ejector arm K from the compartmentand allow the replacing of the record therein.

In the top of the" cabinet at the rear of the upright shaft G, I mount adrum M provided with sprocket-teeth m; the shaft MT of this drum Mextending outward through the side of the cabinet where it is squared toreceive an operating crank (not shown) whereby the drum M can berotated. On the drum M there is mounted a sprocket belt N adapted toengage the'sprocket-teeth on said drum and be actuated thereby; One

end of this belt is secured to'an arm 2' on the sleeve I moving on theshaft G, and the opposite end of this belt N is provided with acounter-weight N adapted to counterbalmice the sleeve I and themechanism carried thereby.

On this belt N, I place preferably two rows of consecutive numberscorresponding with the compartmentsO andD; To control the-movement ofthe drum M, I provide" a spring stop' m engaging the sprocket teeth mthereon. The rotation of this drun'rM operates through the belt Nto'move the sleeve I up and down on the shaft G and bring the sleeveIinto such position that the operating arms K and I) will be opposite acompartment corresponding with a desired number on the belt Ni Over thetop of the drum M I preferably place a cover M provided with sightopenings 0 and O.

Figs. 4 and 5,;as leaving the opening-'Oopen, and the opening'O closed,as illustrated in Fig; 4:. This shutter is made with its ends ofi'set,as shown in' Fig. 1 so that when it is in the position shown in l and 5"the opening O is uncovered, showing the lefthand row offigures onthe-belt, asin- Fig. 4, and when the shutter P is moved upward asindicated in Fig. 2,. the opening 0 is closed and the opening O isopened. The shutter Pis operated by means of'armsP thereon journaled onthe drum-shaft- M and is provided below the axis of the shaft M" with anear p in-which there is pivoted a link 2, the

opposite end ofwhich' is pivoted to an arm" For opening and closing'theopenings Oand O" I provide a vibratory shutter P shown in operated withthe left hand row of figures, operates to move the part R of'the yoke Routward against a spring R", which spring operates when the mechanism isadjusted to use the right hand row of figures to move. the part B of theyoke R forward, and

thereby move the shutter P so as to close the opening O andopen theopening O. z

I have herein shown and described convenient mechanism for utilizing myinvention with a single row of compartments 0';

when, however, it is desired to operate the mechanism in conjunctionwith the compartments D; it is onlyne'cessary to swing the" arms L and Kfrom the left to the right, where they occupy the same relation to thecompartments D as they did to the compartments O, and operate in allrespects in'the same manner, and produce the same results ashereinbefore described, as thismovement of the arms L and K operatestorotate the shaft J in the sleeve I, which removes the lug- L fromcontact with the-part R of the'yoke R, whereuponthe spring R moves theyoke forward so as to operate the shutter-P to.

close the opening O, and open the opening" O disclosing the right handrow' offigures operating in connection with the compartments D, the sameas 'hereinbefore described. It is believed" that the operation of themechanism hereinbefore described so clearly explains the operation of myinvention, that further description is unnecessary.

Havingthus described. my invention so as to enable others to utilizethe'same, I do not desire to be limited to the exact constructionhereinbefore described; as what I claim as new, anddesire to secure byPetters-Pat ent is:

1. In a device of the character described, a cabinet having a series ofcompartments therein, one above another, a vertical shaft at one end ofsaid series ofcompartments a transverse carrier movable up and down onsaid shaft, an ejector arm mounted in said carrier behindsaidcompartments, means on said shaft for operatingsaid' ejector arm" ina designated compartment, a Wheel, detent mechanism to stop said Wheelat certain points, and flexible means secured to said carrier andpassing over'said wheel.

2. In a device of the character described,

an upright cabinet having a series of com partments therein one aboveanother, avertical shaft'satone end of said series of'compartments, a"transverse carrler movable up and down on said shaft, arms mounted insaid carrier in front of and at the rear of said compartments, means foradjusting said carrier up and down on said shaft, and means engagingsaid shaft for moving the rear arm forward in a compartment to which thecarrier is adjusted.

3. In a device of the character described, a cabinet having a series ofcompartments one above the other, a vertical shaft adjacent to saidcompartments, a carrier embodying an ejector arm movably mounted on saidverti' cal shaft so as to be moved up and down thereon, and be operatedthereby, a drum in the upper part of the cabinet, a numbered beltconnected with said carrier passing over said drum and operated therebyand means for operating said drum to adjust the carrier up and down onsaid vertical shaft.

4. In a device of the character described, a cabinet having a series ofcompartments therein one above the other, a vertical shaft mounted insaid case adjacent to the ends of said compartments, a transversecarrier on said shaft movable up and down thereon, a rock-shaft movablelongitudinally in said carrier, an ejector arm on said rock-shaft,

means on said vertical shaft for operating the rock-shaftlongitudinally, a sprocketdrum in the upper part of the cabinet, anumbered belt passing over said drum and connected with said carrier,and means for rotating said drum.

5. In a device of the character described, a cabinet having a series ofcompartments one above the other, a vertical shaft in said cabinetadjacent to said compartments, a transverse carrier slidably mounted onsaid shaft, a shaft capable of endwise movement in said carrier, anejector arm on said shaft, a spur-gear in said carrier embracing saidvertical shaft and operated thereby engaging teeth on the shaft in saidcarrier, a sprocketdrum in the upper part of said cabinet, a sprocketbelt connected with said carrier, passing over said drum and operatedthereby,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for and means in the upper part ofthe cabinet for operating said drum.

6. Ina device of the character described, a cabinet having two stackscomprising series of compartments one above another therein,

o a vertical shaft between said two stacks of compartments, a transversecarrier slidably mounted on said vertical shaft a rock-shaft slidablymounted in said carrier, an ejector arm mounted on the rear end of saidrockshaft, means on the vertical shaft for operating said rock-shaft andthe ejector arm rier mechanism passing over said drum and operatedthereby, having tWo rows of numbers on said belt corresponding with thecompartments of each stack, means over said drum for exposing thefigures in one of the rows of numbers at a time, means for operatingsaid drum, and means for rotating said vertical shaft to operate theejector mechanism.

7 In a device of the character described, a cabinet having a series ofcompartments one above another therein, a vertical shaft adj acent tosaid compartments, a carrier embodying an ejector arm movable up anddown on said vertical shaft and so connected to the ejector arm as tomove it longitudinally in the carrier, a sprocket-drum in the upper partof the cabinet, a belt numbered to correspond with said compartmentsconnected to said carrier and passing over and operated by said drum,means for rotating said drum, and a spring detent operating on the drumto control the rotation thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LE GRAND SKINNER.

five cents each, by addressing the "Gommissioner of Patents, Washington,D. 0.

